"Ten thousand?"

Mao was stunned for a moment.

The Qin army was very strong, this is an indisputable fact, and the Xiongnu had already experienced all this in the previous battles with the Qin state.

But the Qin army only had 10,000 soldiers and horses...... Maudon fell into deep thought.

"In this way, will it be too little?" Maudun spoke softly.

"You are a king who grew up on horseback, and you should know that victory or defeat on the battlefield is never determined by numbers alone." Li Shiqi chuckled.

"Then dare to ask ...... the general who led the troops to aid the Huns this time," Mao Dun asked again.

"You should know, Han Shin!" Li Shiqi said.

Of course, Mao Dun knew Han Shin.

Because the world is still peaceful in this world, in a sense, it has slowed down the rise of Han Xin.

Therefore, Han Xin's reputation is naturally not as good as in the previous life, and he became famous in a short period of time.

Han Xin in this time and space has always been in Longxi, dealing with the Hun Donghu Yue clan.

At present, Han Xin's highest record is to lead 1,000 soldiers and horses, engage Donghu, kill more than 3,600 enemies, capture more than 1,800 people, and fight against 8,000 Donghu men and horses with 1,000 soldiers and horses, achieving a record of almost total annihilation.

This record may not be anything in the Central Plains, after all, there are too many people in the Central Plains.

But for Donghu, 8,000 men and horses are almost equivalent to one percent of the total population of Donghu, and for the Xiongnu, with a population of only more than 400,000, it is equivalent to Han Xin 1,000 people annihilating one-fiftieth of the total population of the Xiongnu, or one-tenth of the total strength of the entire Xiongnu.

The grassland is vast and sparsely populated, not as densely populated as the Central Plains, so a few thousand people are already a pain in the skin for the nomads.

It is precisely because of this that Mao Dun knows the gold content of Han Xin's two names.

With 1,000 men and horses, he could defeat nearly 8,000 men and horses in Donghu head-on.

Wouldn't it be useful to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses for 80,000?

Of course, Mao Dun knew that the battlefield was not so simple to add, subtract, multiply and divide, but after hearing the name Han Xin, Mao Dun still paid some attention to it, but the manpower brought by the Qin State was too small, and Mao Dun fell into hesitation.

After a period of hypocritical mutual greetings, Mao Dun sent someone to send the envoys of the Qin State to rest first, and then gathered his subordinates in the tent and told the purpose of the Qin State's arrival and the specific situation.

"Shan Yu, the Qin State has always been domineering, like the current situation, the Qin State only sent 10,000 horses, I am afraid that it is really as the envoys of Donghu and the Yue Clan said, the Qin State is already suffering from internal and external troubles, and there is about to be a big turmoil, and it is impossible to pull out."

After Mao Dun finished speaking, some of his subordinates expressed their opinions.

"Yes, Meng Tian first took away the land of the Xiongnu's Hetao, and then stole the land of the Xiongnu's Hexi, and now the Xiongnu people want to return to their ancestral land to pay tribute to their ancestors, they can't carry blades, even if they are grazing, they have to go through the consent of the Qin State, like this situation, why should the Xiongnu work hard for the Qin State to resist Donghu and Yueshi?" Another subordinate spoke.

"Isn't the reason why Qin is at war with the Xiongnu because Lao Shan is provoking without authorization when he goes south? Now that the Xiongnu lost their skills are inferior to others, the Qin State did not exterminate the Xiongnu, but allowed the Xiongnu to continue grazing in the land west of the river, and also allowed the Xiongnu to sell grain, salt and other precious things, and Donghu and Yueshi have always had a grudge against the Xiongnu, in the past, what happened to Shan Yu in Yueshi for the proton have not forgotten? ”

There are those who hate Qin, and there are those who are pro-Qin.

From the standpoint of the Xiongnu, the Qin State is indeed an out-and-out invader, but the Qin State is at least good, and at least it is not exterminated.

But in the history of the war with the Yue clan and Donghu, I don't know how many tribes were exterminated, women were snatched away, men were killed, and even children taller than the wheels were left.

This is the essential gap between agrarian civilization and nomadic civilization.

The grasslands are barren, so the relatively small resources naturally flow to the winners, so only outright killing can make the resources abundant.

There are too many people, and the grassland can't support so many people, so although the Xiongnu Yue's Donghu also has mutual in-laws, there are definitely a lot of blood feuds.

And the agricultural civilization is rich in products, so naturally there is no need to kill them all, on the contrary, in a sense, Great Qin has been actively absorbing tribes close to Qin.

Because the grassland can't feed them, but the Qin State has fed them, for the pro-Qin, the Qin State is willing to absorb and assimilate them, after all, although the grassland is barren, but it is too vast, and this place is remote, immigration is difficult, and one more person is a person, under such a policy, there are many tribes in the Xiongnu who are extremely pro-Qin, and some tribes have even taken the initiative to send the nobles of the tribe to live in the newly built city of the Qin State.

The Xiongnu were the first to sign an alliance with Qin, and they were also the longest to fight with Qin, and they were also the closest to Qin's important cities, not to mention that after Qin occupied Hexi, he rebuilt a new city in Hexi, and the Xiongnu were also allowed by Qin to graze in the land west of Hexi......

It's really not that far.

No matter where you are, there is never a shortage of people who are strong.

"But the Qin State only brought 10,000 horses, and the combined strength of Donghu and Yue's forces was more than 300,000, and the total number of people in the Xiongnu headquarters was only 100,000. Someone else asked.

yes, 10,000 horses, or too little......

Although the sense of oppression of Donghu and Yue's is not as good as that of Qin, the crushing of numbers is real.

"In my opinion, it is better to avoid its edge and take advantage of it as a ......"

"What do you know? Don't you hear the story of the false way? ”

"What is a false path?"

……

Under the account, Mao Dun's subordinates argued, and Mao Dun didn't say a word, frowning and pondering.

Just when the quarrel was endless, and the subordinates were babbling about taking the initiative to get an idea, suddenly a soldier shouted.

"Shan Yu! The envoy sent by the king of Donghu came? ”

Mao Dun's brows furrowed slightly when he heard this, and he looked inside the account, and some subordinates spoke at the right time.

"Shan Yu, I don't think it's useful to fight here and again, the envoy of the Qin State has come, and the envoy of the King of Donghu has also come, I guess the King of Donghu should know about the Qin State sending troops and want to win over the Xiongnu, in this case, why not summon the envoy of the King of Donghu to see what the plans of Donghu and the Yue clan are?"

That's the truth when you hear it.

I can't get a result after fighting, so let's take a look first.

The conditions given by Donghu may be better.

Mao Dun was a little distraught, and after muttering for a while, he chose to follow the advice of his subordinates and summon Donghu's envoy to make a decision.

Of course, he is not a loyal dog of the Qin State, and the reason why he is more inclined to the Qin State is because the battle between Donghu and the Yue clan against the Xiongnu is a struggle for survival, and for the Qin State......

There is one sad fact.

A large part of the vast grassland was regarded as a meaningless place by the Qin state.

Yes, the Qin State can't look down on it, and even if it does, it won't be as urgent as Donghu and Yue's.

The Xiongnu were small, and after the successive failures, the population was only more than 400,000, and Mao Dun had to deal with it cautiously.

In a few moments, the envoy of the king of Donghu came to the big tent.

"I am the envoy sent by the king of Donghu, Wu Duo, who has seen the Xiongnu's Shan Yu!" Donghu's envoy Wu Duo bowed slightly to Mao Dun.

Mao Dun nodded and looked at Wu Duo and asked, "Before, Donghu and the Yue clan sent envoys to invite me to attack the Qin State, and I have already rejected this request, why do you want to come again?" ”

Wu Duo smiled when he heard this, and said: "Naturally, it is still to invite the Xiongnu to join forces to attack the Qin State." ”

Mao Dun shook his head and said: "The Qin State has 20 million households, and there are more than one million armoured divisions, a country like this is invincible, the Xiongnu have been frustrated many times in Longxi, and Donghu has suffered a lot in Daijun, I don't think the king of Donghu will not understand." ”

Wu Duo sneered and said: "But the Qin State is about to have civil strife, is it possible that in the face of such a situation, Shan Yu will not dare to summon up the courage to send troops to the Qin State and recapture the Hetao and the land west of the Hexi occupied by the Qin State?" ”

"The Qin State is invincible, I don't want to do it." Maudon shook his head.

"Was it because of my father's defeat that I was scared by the Qin State?" Wu Duo sneered and asked.

When Mao Dun heard this, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye, but he just shook his head and said: "There are only more than 400,000 Xiongnu, and there will be a disaster of destroying the country in an instant, I can't do such a thing." ”

"The king had already expected such a thing when he sent me as an envoy, the Xiongnu withered, and lost the land of Hetao and Hexi successively, and now they don't even dare to regain the land of their ancestors?

Qin's civil strife is imminent, Donghu and Yueshi have signed an alliance, the total number of people who control the strings is 400,000, Qin State can not resist no matter what, the king of Donghu is willing to send soldiers and horses to help the Xiongnu take back the land of Hexi and Hetao back to the Xiongnu, don't you want to do such a thing? Uduo asked.

"Hetao and Hexi are rich in water and grass, how can the king of Donghu be willing to help me like this and give the rich pastures to the Xiongnu?" Mao Dun asked rhetorically.

"Hetao and Hexi are here in the Xiongnu, and if they are taken and not returned to the Xiongnu, Donghu cannot occupy them, besides, the Qin State is about to have civil strife, and no matter how lush the grassland is, is it still richer than the cities of the Qin State?" Uduo smiled and shook his head.

"Then what do I need to do for King Donghu?" Mao Dun asked.

"When Qin's civil strife comes, Shan Yu only needs to contain the soldiers and horses of Shangjun and eat the 10,000 reinforcements sent by Qin, and the army of Donghu and Yue's will go south from Daijun to attract Qin's troops, and at this time, Qin will take care of itself, and 400,000 people will go south, as for Shan Yu, whether he wants to recapture Hetao Hexi, or follow the footsteps of Donghu and Yue's south, it is okay." Uduo spoke.

There is no doubt that this mission is more sincere than the last.

The last time the Donghu envoy came, it was to invite Mao Dun to lead a large army to join forces with Donghu and the Yue clan near Daijun.

The territory near Daijun is Donghu's territory, and it is clear that he wants to trick the Xiongnu out and kill them, and of course Mao Dun will not do such a stupid thing.

And this time, the king of Donghu, Bu Liankui, let the Xiongnu be pinned down from the vicinity of Shangjun, and Donghu and Yueshi were full of firepower and attacked Qin from Daijun.

The Shangjun generation was the territory of the Xiongnu, and Donghu and Yueshi attacked from Daijun, leaving a lot of space for Maodun.

Even if Donghu and Yueshi planned to join forces to annex the Xiongnu, they would fight away, and the Xiongnu had more time to prepare, and there was really room for escape if they couldn't fight.

The security aspect is indeed very high, and Donghu's sincerity is still there.

Mao Dun nodded, a little moved......

Seeing this, Wu Duo smiled and said: "If you are willing, please don't leak the news of receiving us, King Donghu is also willing to sign an alliance with Shan Yu under the witness of the sky, but before signing the alliance, there is a small request." ”

"Since King Donghu is willing to cooperate sincerely, just say what kind of requirements you have, as long as I can do it, I will definitely do my best." Maudun nodded.

"That's the case, this barren land between Donghu and the Xiongnu you should know, this kind of place can not grow water and grass, and there is no water source, cattle, sheep and livestock can not reproduce, the king hopes that Shan Yu can give this land to him as a gift, in exchange, Donghu is also willing to send troops to help the Xiongnu recapture Hexi and Hetao." Wu Duo said naturally.

A barren land, he rightly said.

Not only did he take it for granted, but also Maudun's subordinates took it for granted.

Such conditions are very pertinent, and it is very worthwhile to exchange a piece of remote land with little value and water and grass in exchange for Donghu to help the Xiongnu send troops.

So Maudun's subordinates spoke to persuade Maudun.

"Shan Yu, this is an uninhabited barren land, and there is nothing to give to King Donghu."

"It's true that there are no aquatic plants growing here, and the tribes often bypass here when they pass by, and cattle and sheep can't survive in it......"

Previously, when the king of Donghu asked Mao Dun for thousands of horses, the ministers objected, and Mao Dun tried to disagree with the public.

Later, the king of Donghu asked Mao Dun for his favorite wife, the ministers were angry, thinking that Donghu was too deceitful, so he suggested that Mao Dun call Qin's father and have a fight with Donghu, Mao Dun endured it, and gave his wife to the king of Donghu.

This time, Donghu asked for land, but the ministers thought it was nothing.

This piece of land is thousands of miles in size, and it is not small to say.

But thousands of miles, placed on the grassland, it is not worth mentioning.

Not to mention that the Huns were nomadic people...... Land that cannot grow aquatic weeds and cannot be grazed has no meaning for nomads.

The reason why it belonged to the Xiongnu was only because Donghu was too lazy to send troops to attack.

The Xiongnu had no tribes there at all, let alone garrisons.

However, in the face of the same request, the ministers had diametrically opposite attitudes, and Mao Dun's brows furrowed deeply.

He frowned, looking at the Donghu envoy who opened his mouth to ask for land, his face was so natural.

Come to think of it, King Donghu, riding his father's beloved horse, holding his beloved woman, and asking for land for himself, is also so natural.

Mao Dun's hand silently held the scimitar on his waist!

(End of chapter)